Freefolk / Freefolk Sifrewast / Freefolke / Frefolk / Frifhoc / Frigefolc / Fryfolk / Fryfolk Syfrewast / South Freefolk / South Fryfolk

There is an entry for Freefolk [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU4848/freefolk/] [accessed 22 August 2018]; it reports "1 church. 1.0 church lands" in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "It appears by a bull of Pope Clement III, dated 1187, that he confirmed the church of Whitchurch with the chapel of Freefolk to the master and brethren of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem as guardians of the Hospital of St. Cross [...] The first church on this site of which there is now evidence seems to have been built in the 13th century, and the walls of the present building may be of this date, but all the details are of the 15th century or later. [...] The old church formerly the free chapel of ST. NICHOLAS is a small rectangular building 36 ft. by 15 ft. 3 in., and is now only occasionally used, as a new and larger parish church has been built on adjoining higher ground." No font is mentioned in the VCH entry. The Churches Conservation Trust [www.visitchurches.org.uk] entry for this church notes: "the Domesday Book mentions a church here, but the walls and roof of the current building are 13th-century and the windows and chancel screen are 15th. The interior was remodelled in 1703 and its character today comes largely from that period." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU4884848619] reports "a Victorian font" in it. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original medieval church].